Re: security in obscurity

["Leslie Russell" <leslier@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So what is your peeve; spam, Python, indentation, Pascal, Nicholas Wirth,
misinterpretation, or the mistaken belief that using a somewhat mysterious
device confers an aura of power on the user?

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Fritz <JFritz@sharperimage.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange. com (E-mail) <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, August 04, 2000 10:17 AM
Subject: security in obscurity


>I got this from some spam I received from a trade magazine.  I'm not much
on
>passing on pearls of wisdom from <irony> others </irony>, but this one
>really illuminates a pet peeve of mine and has the force of **AUTHORITY**.
>
>
>Python's clear syntax (using indentation for statement grouping) brings to
>mind something Nicholas Wirth, invent! or of the Pascal language, once
said:
>"Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication,
>which is baffling-the incomprehensible should cause suspicion rather than
>admiration. Possibly this trend results from a mistaken belief that using a
>somewhat mysterious device confers an aura of power on the user."
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